Police seek public's help locating homicide suspect

TRENTON — Authorities need your help to bring an alleged killer to justice.

According to police, Trenton resident Alton Jones is involved in the murders of Rayshawn Ransom and Tierra Green.

Ransom, 19, was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle parked on the 100 block of Passaic Street during the late night hours of June 12. According to reports, unidentified individuals who were with Ransom that evening got into a verbal fight with two men suspected to be Marquis Skillman and Jones. Ransom’s friends were walking back to their car when Jones, who is considered the “trigger man,” allegedly opened fire, according to a source. Although the unidentified driver and backseat passengers were not hit, Ransom was shot in the head and in the chest.

The victim was kept alive by ventilator at Capital Health Regional Medical Center until his family decided to terminate life support on June 14, making him the city’s 16th murder victim this year.

Skillman was the first suspect apprehended in connection with the shooting. The U.S. Marshals New York New Jersey Regional Task Force arrested the 27-year-old in Trenton on Monday. He is charged with murder and weapons offenses.

Last Saturday, Green was gunned down behind the Rowan Towers on the 600 block of West State Street. A recent high school graduate and budding cosmetology student, the 19-year-old victim was standing amongst a group of individuals when Jones is suspected of a drive-by shooting which hit one of the individuals standing with Green.

The at-large suspect is believed to have turned the car back, parked and walked to the location where Green was still standing and began to open fire, again, at point blank range.

One unidentified female victim was shot in the back. Green was shot in the stomach and was rushed to Capital Health Regional Medical Center for emergency surgery, but the efforts proved unsuccessful. The 19-year-old was pronounced dead on Sunday June 16, making Green the city’s 17th homicide this year.

Jones is a 21-year-old black male, approximately 5-foot-7 inches tall and 175 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Jones has a tattoo on the right side of his neck that reads “Mary” and may also have a tattoo above his left eye.

Warrants have been issued for the suspect on the offenses of homicide, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon in both incidents according to Trenton Police.

Officials believe he is still in Trenton and should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone encountering Jones should not approach him and should call 911 immediately. Anyone with information concerning Jones’ whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Peterson at 989-4159 or Detective Egan at 989-4153. Information can also be left at the Trenton Police Department’s Confidential Tipline, 989-3663.